My Own Kind of Hat
{{Short description|1979 single by Merle Haggard}}
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| name = My Own Kind of Hat
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| type = single
| artist = Merle Haggard
| album = Serving 190 Proof
| released = September 1979
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| genre = Country
| length = 2:53
| label = MCA
| writer = Merle Haggard, Red Lane
| producer = Fuzzy Owen, Jimmy Bowen
| prev_title = Red Bandana
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Walkin' the Floor Over You
| next_year = 1979
}}
"My Own Kind of Hat" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in September 1979 as the second single from the album Serving 190 Proof. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}} The song was written by Haggard and Red Lane.
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (1979) !align="center"|Peak |
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|align="center"|4 |
Alan Jackson version
{{Infobox song
| name = My Own Kind of Hat
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| artist = Alan Jackson
| album = Under the Influence
| released = October 26, 1999
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| genre = Country
| length = 3:22
| label = Arista Nashville
| writer = Merle Haggard
Red Lane
| producer = Keith Stegall
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- Alan Jackson covered the song for his 1999 album Under the Influence. Although not released as a single, Jackson's cover charted at number 71 due to unsolicited airplay.
References
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Category:Songs written by Merle Haggard
Category:Songs written by Red Lane
Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
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